jib جيب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jib” (جيب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning pocket (of a garment).
Meanings
- pocket (of a garment)
- one's own money, means
Usage
Jib refers to the pocket of a garment. The plural is jyab. The word is often used with a possessive: jibi, "my pocket", jibek, "your pocket". Figuratively, men jibi means "from my pocket", that is, "at my own expense". Watch out for a common trap: the same form jib is also the imperative of the verb jab, "to bring". For example, jib lkhobz means "bring the bread". Context tells the two words apart. In Latin script, they are written the same way.
Example
حط التيليفون فجيبك
7et tilifoun f jibek
“Put the phone in your pocket.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jib” but also “jibe”, “jayb”, “jyb” and “jieb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jib” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “bring! (imperative of "bring")”; “pocket (of a garment)”: jib in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “pocket (of a garment)”: jib in Tunisian.